-**Thursday, May 12, 7:30 PM** Terry Fox, WB4JFI, will be talking to us via Skype about current and developing projects. This meeting will be at the [Oakton Library](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ok/).

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-**Thursday, June 9, 7:30 PM** Chris Paton, W3CUM will talk about Skywarn. This meeting will be at the [Oakton Library](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ok/).

+**Thursday, November 10, 7:30 PM** Dr. Michael King, an experienced high-performance HF receiver designer, will talk on hardware design for Software Defined Radio systems that hams can build. Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA. 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean, VA. The meeting room is on the main floor, not the old location in the basement.

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+**Thursday, December 8, 7:30 PM** This will be our Annual Meeting - an opportunity to hear from Directors, Officers and Members on their projects, and to plan for 2012. Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA.

+**Thursday, October 13** This meeting was devoted to a discussion of digital amateur television by Bill Fenn, N4TS and Paul Rinaldo, W4RI. DVB-S and other protocols were covered. See synopsis of this meeting in the Nov-Dec AMRAD Newsletter.

-**July 21, 22, 23 and 24** Two special event stations, W4C and W3U, will be operating from the Manassas National Battlefield daylight hours to commemorate the Battle of First Manassas (also known as First Battle of Bull Run). Operating QRP with CW, PSK-31 and SSB. Joint venture of AMRAD (W4CIA) and Ole Virginia Hams (W4OVH). Frequencies to be posted on www.amrad.org.